Dear Ones,
Peace. At times it might seem elusive to you. Are you seeking Peace in your life at this time? Do you know the feeling of real Peace?
Peace is not about what is going on around you on the outside. Peace is a quality of life that happens on the inside. You must find Peace inside yourself before it can manifest in your outer life. Are you living in chaos? Then where is the Peace inside you? Do you feel as if you have lost control of your life? Can you visit the place of Peace inside?
Some people seek Peace while continuing to create drama in their lives. Seeking Peace in external circumstances does not lead to true Peace. And creating drama in your life does not lead you to that place of inner Peace that you seek. No one outside of you will create that feeling of Peace for you, although you can find a teacher who will help you to go inside to find the Peace that dwells there.
Are you surprised to find that Peace does dwell inside you, even when you are surrounded by drama and chaos? We want you to believe this – there is a space within you where Peace lives, where you can visit Peace and feel Peace. Consider that you were not always involved in the circumstances in which you now find yourself. Whether or not your life is going the way you wish and/or planned there is a connection to the Peace that is a constant in the Universe, a point of stillness within every being. You have the power to touch that stillness and know Peace when you learn how to go inside and find it.
The first step in accessing Peace is to believe that it exists. This Peace of which we speak is not the ‘absence of war’ kind of Peace that the world might think of. Rather, it is the place where all the energies are in alignment with the Universal Source and Plan and there are no disharmonies jarring these energies. There are no discordant thoughts or beliefs or feelings when one is in this place of Peace and stillness. Everything takes on a glow of pure Light when viewed from this place of Peace. It is timeless and dimensionless and does not require an entrance fee to reach. You carry this space within you so that it is always accessible. It is yours to visit whenever you wish.
To start the access you must first breathe a deep breath of life into your body. Inhale now and take that breath of life, the intake of Mother Earth’s air that makes you human, and feel that air connecting within you to your deepest energetic level. Blow out the air and with it any negativity and stress that has been residing in your body. Now take in another cleansing breath and repeat until you start to feel relaxed. Remember that breathing is your fastest avenue to a connection with your inner spirit.
After you have relaxed into your breath, you can start to visualize a Peace-full place that speaks to your heart of stillness and calm, a place that you would like to stay and enjoy because it offers you Peace without any other demands on you. If you find visualization difficult, then just imagine this space and how it would feel, what sounds it would include, how you would describe it to someone else, what fragrances you would be aware of if you were actually there.
In this gentle exercise you can create a place that you can visit any time you wish. When you are there you can imagine that you are sitting or strolling or lying down and being comfortably relaxed while surrounded by whatever brings you Peace. You decide on the parameters for your Peace-full place. You create the environment that brings you Peace. You are in control of this space.
Now, whenever you feel the need to connect to Peace you know how to reach there. You can visit for as long as you want whenever you choose. It can be a few moments connection or a long stay, whatever serves you in the moment.
Give yourself the gift of a connection to inner Peace and you will find that Peace reigns in your outer world as well.
And so it is.
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MUSE-INGS: Reach Inside and Remember Joy Today!
June 15, 2010 — RosemaryThe word ‘Joy’ brings up such wonderful thought-pictures, doesn’t it? Think of a child and the Joy that child can find by delighting in such little things. A small child doesn’t wake up feeling dread about the day to come. That child is steeped in wonder as the day unfolds. Squatting down to watch some ants or a caterpillar on the sidewalk. Blowing bubbles through a straw into a drink. Running through a sprinkler in the summer or building a snowman in the winter. There is a certain Joy in being a carefree kid, isn’t there?
But then we lose that. We start school and worry about bullies and tests and book reports and best friends. We’re afraid of the boogey man or the report card or the team coach. We start to live with disappointment and concern and fear and we forget how to be filled with Joy.
What happens to us? And who is there to teach us to go inside to find the Joy that puts all the outer circumstances into perspective?
I think we learn through the anxieties of adults around us that Joy is something that waits in the wings while we are living ‘life’ – standing by until there is a carefree moment again in which to experience Joy. We’re allowed to feel that at our wedding, at the birth of a child, at a graduation. But it’s reserved for big moments in our lives, not for everyday existence. There is always something to do, something to get out of the way before we can relax and be Joy-full.
What if we decided to turn that all around and to seek Joy FIRST? What if, right now, today, you decide that Joy comes first and then you’ll face everything else? Do you think that you can do that?
If Joy is a decision, if Joy is something that you go inside to find, then why put off that search? What if, at this moment, you gave yourself permission to pause, to take a couple of deep breaths, to go inside no matter what is happening around you or what you have to face today, and you asked to connect to your inner Joy, even if only for a few minutes? Why not try that right now?
It might be easier if you think of someone or something that brings you Joy and makes you smile, but it’s not difficult to find a moment of Joy inside. And once you have touched it, bring that outside with you and look through the lens of Joy at what is going on, at what you must do today.
No matter what is happening, or how people are behaving around you, Joy is within you. You ARE connected to Source, whether you are remembering that at the moment or not. You can be busy and still have Joy inside you. You can be happy and still have Joy inside you. And you can be sad or upset and still have Joy inside you.
Too often we think that life must be a bowl of cherries all the time so that we can smile. I’ve had people comment to me that we don’t understand because our lives are so great. Yes, I have many blessings in my life but I’ve also had heartaches and problems. I just have chosen to define myself and my life by what is good about it. I have chosen to meditate, to tap into something greater than myself so that my perspective comes from the ‘meta’ level, above the strife of everyday life. I see the patterns unfolding and I trust that the Universe has a Plan and that the Plan is unfolding as it must. And I remind myself that Joy comes from within.
You can reach that Joy no matter what your life looks like at the moment. You are a timeless, spiritual being having a physical lifetime on Planet Earth so that you can learn lessons. Some of those lessons are not as much fun to learn as others. These lessons are a part of living a human life. But there is always Joy within you. There is always the spirit of the Inner You who remembers the connection to Source and to the Joy within.
Reach inside and remember Joy today!
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